Analysis: Media's Biden Standard of 'No Evidence' Is a Double Standard realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/…
For three years many of journalism’s most prestigious news outlets won acclaim for making and repeating claims President Trump and his team had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.
No accusation, from secret meetings in Prague to tales of prostitutes peeing on beds, was deemed unfit to print.
When they wanted to signal to readers that they were conveying claims instead of facts, their choice of words – “unverified” or “not yet proved” were favorites – strongly suggested that confirmation was on the way.
Call it the Trump Standard.
Call it the Trump Standard.
Now those same news outfits are observing a new standard of proof, at least when it involves former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, who enjoyed a lucrative relationship with a Ukrainian gas company.
This new norm demands that, absent definitive proof, assertions must be labeled as “without evidence” or said to be supported by “no evidence.”
Call it the Biden Standard.
Call it the Biden Standard.
